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Polymastia capitata Vosmaer, 1885 
AphiaID: 134195

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Polymastiidae (Family) > Polymastia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Sphaerotylus capitatus (Vosmaer, 1885)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Sphaerotylus Topsent, 1898
Parent Polymastia Bowerbank, 1864
Sources  original description: Vosmaer, G.C.J. 1885a. The Sponges of the ‘Willem Barents’ Expedition 1880 and 1881. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 12 (3): 1-47, pls I-V. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Boury-Esnault, N. 2002. Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Topsent, E. 1898b. Eponges nouvelles des Açores. (Première serie) Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France (11): 225-255. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Barents Sea [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To PESI
Notes  Holotype: RMNH 704 [details]

Type locality: 72°14'8" N 22°30'9", Barents Sea, 297 m. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134195
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2006-08-24 18:36:26Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Polymastia capitata Vosmaer, 1885. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134195 on 2013-05-26
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